Board Thread:DMC5 Spoilers/@comment-26516813-20190501093045/@comment-26045423-20190501142047

You say that it's obvious to you that V truly regretted what he did... but TO ME (and probably many people that you're tired off) his later actions speak otherwise.

As a players we are trying to interpret his motives based on his actions. There are certain actions that are showing small regret (when he was a V) and the ones that show that he doesnt care at all (as Vergil).

Even after he was merged into Vergil he decided to fight with Dante instead of cutting down the tree that was still destroying the city and killing innocent people. (He knew what to do to get rid off it). He only agreed to do it, after he lost to Nero and had not many options left.

He then directly stated that Nero means nothing to him during Mission 19 (You can say that he was lying, sure, but I can as well say that he was telling the truth based on the examples provided below in my comment).

In the chapter 1 (not 0) of Visions of V, V directly states that the only thing he regrets after attaing "heart" is the fact that he is powerless and that he's going to die. He then makes a contract with Griffon just to survive. "Not fix his wrongs" or anything like that. He's pursuing powers (chapter 0) and is willing to send Nero to fight just for the kid to die, so he can defeat Urizen (and absorb him).

In the game (cant recall which mission I think it was the one with demon sword sparda) V also states that splitting was a mistake.

Given everything that I've stated above... I do belive that while V might have missed his childhood and his mother, he really never cared about Nero nor people that he has killed in the past (manga), he just wanted to absorb Urizen yet again and become Vergil. His speech to Trish (in my opinion) was just a good act (based on what he said in manga).

And even if I were to agree with you that V truly regretted everything, I still dont think that Vergil did. After all V was just his human half and another (demonic half) never gave a damn. After fusion he never truly apologised and never gave an impression of a person with regrets regarding his previous, horrible actions.

That's my take on his persona.